Here we march toward the end of September. Let these remixes be the drumbeat that guides you. Once again the BOTR series is comprised of the best remixes I heard this month. Yes I have a lot of free time. Yes I listen to a lot of music. No I don’t have time to listen to every single track that was online during the past thirty days. In my opinion, these thirteen tracks are the best of what I heard. Enjoy the music, tell your friends, and if you want to see all the previous volumes in the Best of the Remix series click here.
All the tracks in one zip file : here {zshare = left click}
mp3 : Beck - Cellphone’s Dead (Ellen Allien Remix)
A lot of the tracks this time around are of the slow burn variety. They’re steady, consistent, and they get better the longer you listen to them. This is one of those tracks. A perfect remix for the start of Autumn {sorry to all you Southern Hemisphere folks, have fun with your spring}.
mp3 : Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (Z-Trip Remix)
It seems that almost every month a classic tune or three crop up in a clean and efficient sort of remix. There’s something about this track that is intoxicating. Almost makes me wish I was double dutching on a playground somewhere.
mp3 : LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great (Shokking Shokkaboy Remix)
This is kinda what I imagine LCD Soundsystem would sound like if they were rooted, completely, in the eighties. And not in a bad way. In a blippy and bleepy sort of carefree, let’s all go listen to some Flock of Seagulls, sort of way.
mp3 : M.I.A. - Paper Planes (Dskotek Remix)
My mind is still confused over whether or not I like M.I.A. My mind is definitely made up that I love this remix. This track is as close to perfect as any M.I.A. remix I’ve ever heard.
mp3 : Midnight Juggernauts - Into the Galaxy (Danger Remix)
The opening effects sound like they’re taken from Street Fighter, or some other completely radical arcade fighter, and from there the song continues to build into a sort of classic rock, pop, fuzz guitar, synth mashup that actually sounds better than that random string of words I just used to decribe it.
mp3 : Muse - Knights Of Cydonia (Ocelot Remix)
Non remixed tracks impress me with the amount of energy they somehow cram into each and every song. Seriously, go see them live and you’ll come away with your mouth hanging open. Somehow this Ocelot remix proves that you can add even more awesome to a Muse track. If you’re only going to download one remix this month this should be it.
mp3 : Mystery Jets - Flakes (Loud Pipes Remix)
It’d be fair to say that this month I’ve been all about Mystery Jets. And deservedly so. They make great music and the remixes that have sprung from their tunes are equally impressive. Check it out.
mp3 : Mystery Jets - Half In Love With Elizabeth (Delorean Remix)
That’s right, I’m posting a slew of Mystery Jets remixes and you’re loving every second of it. You’re welcome by the way. I like this track because it’s laid back. It’s one of those rare remixes that’s soothing as well as dance worthy. Everyone just chill out and listen to the bubble bursting.
mp3 : Mystery Jets - Hand Me Down (Riton Remix)
Classic example of what can be done with a minimalistic pallate. Welcome to the remix where the opening forty five seconds consist of very little other than three repeated words. And you love it.
mp3 : Mystery Jets - Hideaway (Switch Remix)
This is what Hideaway would sound like if a steamroller of beats was smashed throughout the entire song; verse, chorus, and all. Also this might be the best use of the echo effect I’ve heard in a long long time. At about one minute fifty seconds into this track it really starts poppin’ and it ain’t stoppin’.
mp3 : Mystery Jets - Young Love (Shoes Remix)
Ok, I promise this is the last Mystery Jets remix I’m posting this month. But each of them is unique in their own way. I think it’s great how one band has been remixed in such a variety of ways. This track is tops.
mp3 : The Streets - Let’s Push Things Forward (Hostage Remix)
This is about one “chicka chicka 4 minutes” from sounding like Timbaland and Mike Skinner met up in some dark back alley of London and decided to drop some heat. This track proves, yet again, that I am a sucker for almost all things that start simple and build until they reach true extasy.
mp3 : Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (The Teenagers Remix)
What happend to Vampire Weekend? Remember nine months ago when they were cancelling festival appearances to play on SNL? Where have they been since then? Does anyone even care? We’d probably care more if they released some songs that sounded like this.
Peace out. Stay sweet. I’ll keep posting music if you keep pretending to care. That’s it for this month’s volume of BOTR.
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